Just got back from visiting Gerry and his girls. I was a kid in a candy store. He's really got a nice set-up in his basement. Had a hard time deciding what to have made for my trip to AML. Stuck mostly with basic black except for one that I had him put together. I hope perch like colors work there as well as everywhere else. I can't wait to see what they are going to look like.

I have a secret weapon. After all the insight from Cal Mike and Herbie, my niece picked out the pretty pink on pink "barbie" cowgirl. I will have to toss it for a while and see if the fat girls want to chomp on the "barbie" pattern ~ eh

>Steve- >>Gerry's girls are all I used last year I was up in Sept to >catch the big girls! Remember everyone bringing over the >paint cans I think you even painted up a bait that >night! >>Used them this past weekend and scored a 52.5 and 48.5 on a >short trip to MN. >>They are really well put together and are SIGNIFICANTLY >cheaper than the big names. >>Here is Gerry's email. contact him and tell him Cory sent >you. Maybe even get a bunch for the Andy Meyers bait store!! >>Gerry and Roz Carroll <gerryandroz@sbcglobal.net> >>>See you in September! >>Cory CP,

Whassup cochise? I go a bunch of Gerry's baits. You saw them in January when you were at my place with The Donald. You noticed any difference in interest/follows/takers from the thinner blades to the thicker blades?

We played quite a bit with them this past weekend in MN. The heavier blades are great if you are looking to get a little more depth in the retrieve. During the day high skys we wanted a little more depth to get down near/in the cabbage, the heavier bladed Gerry's girls helped the cause. Towards dusk or clouds when we thought the fish would be more up high we used the thinner blades.

>No difference in follows but a difference in function. >>We played quite a bit with them this past weekend in MN. >The heavier blades are great if you are looking to get a >little more depth in the retrieve. During the day high skys >we wanted a little more depth to get down near/in the >cabbage, the heavier bladed Gerry's girls helped the cause. >Towards dusk or clouds when we thought the fish would be >more up high we used the thinner blades. >>but I really think its splitting hairs....they both work >well. >>Cory I didn't see anything on the thicker bladed ones, but we had a few eaters on a "Triple N" () with the lighter blades. I'm pretty sure Donnie has had fish up on the thicker bladed ones though, so I'm not that worried about it. I thought maybe the thicker bladed ones had a different vibration that was not as attractive to the Muskies as the thinner ones?!?!?!?!

One bucktail that did well though was a 20 year old white bladed Mepps Giant Killer. I don't know what it is, but that thing just produces. The fish don't "kill" it, but rather give ya one of those "awe cr@p I cannot resist and I gotta eat this" strikes. Weird. Don't know if it's the color (which Mepps doesn't make anymore) or the particular thump of the blade. I wonder if Mepps is still using the same quality blades they used back in the late 80's. I sh!t you not, I bought that one about 20 years ago at Chuck's Bait & Tackle off Hway 51 in Tomahawk, WI.